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Fixtures in 2003, 2008, and 19th C Glasgow

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The mind is a remarkable thing.  If you ask around, you’ll find Celtic fans tell you we played Boavista in the Uefa Cup semi-final in Porto on the Thursday night, before going to Ibrox on the Saturday (it was the Sunday).

Similarly, Barry Ferguson is mumping his gums without restrain today, complaining about Rangers fixtures in May 2008.  Rangers were due to play a ridiculous number of games in May due to qualifying for the Scottish Cup and Uefa Cup finals, while catching up on postponed fixtures.

The SPL decided to accommodate them by extending the league programme until two days before the Scottish Cup final.  This final was on the last possible date before clubs were ordered to release players for that year’s Uefa European Championships, which started 14 days later.

This season has echoes of 2008 but nothing more.  Whereas clubs would have been forbidden from using certain players after the date of the Scottish Cup final in 2008, under current proposals for this year, the second bottom club from the Premiership and qualifier from the Championship will need to retain a number of players beyond their contract end date of 31 May.

Retaining players beyond 31 May will cost clubs money, and players could theoretically refuse to extend their season by a few days, which is this season’s problem.  2008’s problem was a hard deadline imposed by Uefa with no extensions possible.  The decision was out of the SPL’s hands.

Great article on the club site today marking Br. Walfrid’s passing and the struggles faced by our forefathers in the late 19th Century.  The news that the Foundation are feeding 500 of Glasgow’s homeless today continues the momentum from Wednesday night.  Well done to all involved.

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  4. marspapa on

    Roy Croppie

     

     

    Found myself tapping the auld feet to the Spanish Lady , only to be shouted at from above , ” the echo from the bloody laminate flooring is driving me nuts ” haha

     

     

    Petec

     

    Thats ma fave Madness song :-)

  7. petec on

    Loving The Specials

     

     

    A right wing guy in my work, a lapsed Catholic, went to see the olde Specials, AGAIN.

     

     

    I don’t agree with everything he says, he Loves Tony Benn, because he is a dude that isn’t compromised with bullsh!t, that most of the elected now seem to be.

     

     

    Darwin has a lot to answer for, IMO.

  11. Alcora on

    Ode to a Peeeeniiiiss

     

     

    Ye curly heided dirty bugger, was acts o’ violence mak men shudder,

     

    Awa’ tae hell and walk th plank, the only folk ye help’s the bank.

     

     

    Yer jist a Sassenach at heart, ah hope ye meet yer just desert, ye unholy Ibrox mangy beast,

     

    If the fee was right ye’d be a priest.

     

     

    Great mounstrous fouli’n heathen hun was pervertit notion o’ haein’ fun tae break a leg, or pat a bum.

     

     

    So if tae the gas ye are inclined, and Scottish cups are in yer mind, Aye Souness, for a’ yer sin mind Berwick. Hamilton and Dunfermline.

     

     

    Neil McArthur Not The Veiw no-11 March/April 89

  14. Saint Stivs on

    who is this this guy ?

     

     

    Glen Hansard

     

     

    irish light, kensington irish.

     

     

    taking over you tube with his beard

  19. marspapa on

    Bmcuwp

     

     

    Gawd a didnae realise a wis singing loud tae , could’nt hear a thing with my headphones on

     

     

    Roy Croppie

     

     

    I was drunk the fifst time I heard Scritti Pollitti. After a week of going into record shops trying to explain the song and the voice I fell in love with , only to find put it was a guy singing , haha whit a rid neck :$

  24. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MARSPAPA

     

     

    I used to do that,right beamer when I realised!

     

     

    (Especially since I can sing nane…)

  25. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    ROYCROPPIE

     

     

    Letter From St Pauls,one of the best debut albums ever.

  27. marspapa on

    Its goodnight from this auld duffer

     

     

    Thanks once again to RC and the other contributers of music , really enjoy everybody’s taste , g/night guys ;-)

  31. petec on

    I went by Dumbarton train station and that is where the loyalist flute band practice, the cars suggest well off people are involved. Then again, they probably don’t pay taxes. The fleg, hinging ootside has me annoyed, that Star of David is prominent.

  33. Delaneys Dunky on

    Petec

     

     

    Just caught up after listening to Everything that you and Roy Croppie and others pozted.

     

    Tiochfaidh ar la.

  41. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MARSPAPA

     

     

    A few years back,i went on a sesh wi RIEPERMAN in Bristol.

     

     

    Following day he told me he had been banished to “the naughty room”!

     

     

    First time Id heard that expression,PMSL…

  42. petec on

    You said on here that the Polish Community find it too dear to watch Celtic.

     

     

    Celtic obviously dinnae read CQN. :(

     

     

    It should never be about squeezing every last pence out of the Support.

     

     

    If Celtic halved the ST prices, the place would be sold out.

     

     

    Paul67 put up a post from Barcabhoy and how well we are doing.

     

     

    I know nothing, but I think the Board are reactionaries, and that is strange when they are so progressive in so many things.

     

     

    Celtic

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